Basketball Quotes - Page 23

• There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning.

  Pat Riley

  Motivation, Attitude, Winning

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• My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for granted that I could play. Now I know what a gift it is.

  Rebecca Lobo

  Inspirational, Stars, Play

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  A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

  Jackie Robinson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational Sports

  "I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson". Book by Jackie Robinson and Alfred Duckett, 1972.

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• This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can't see how deep it is.

  Dennis Rodman

  Motivational, Swimming, Diving Deep

  FaceBook post by Dennis Rodman from Jul 19, 2016

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• I'm ready to accept the challenge. I'm coming home.

  LeBron James

  Home, Challenges, Accepting

  "LeBron James leaves Miami Heat to rejoin Cleveland Cavaliers" by Martin Pengelly, www.theguardian.com. July 11, 2014.

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• They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.

  Magic Johnson

  Killing, They Said, Kill Me

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• When I had troubles, I'd go out - with basketball, you can do it by yourself, too. So you'd go out and shoot, and you'd fantasize.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Trouble, Can Do, You Can Do It

  "Duke of the Court". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

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• Stand up for your players. Show them you care on and off the court.

  Red Auerbach

  Player, Care, Court

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• Let your life be your argument.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Argument, Life Is

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• Imagination has a great deal to do with winning.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Winning, Imagination, Deals

  "Duke of the Court". The Academy of Achievemnt Interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

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• It's better to have a good player with the basketball in late game situations than to have plays.

  Rick Pitino

  Player, Games, Coaching

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• Obstacles cannot bend me. Every obstacle yields to effort.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Yield, Effort, Obstacles

  Leonardo (da Vinci) (1906). “Note Books: Arranged and Rendered Into English, with Introd”

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• Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.

  Pat Summitt

  Winning, Games, Defense

  Pat Head Summitt (1998). “Reach for the Summit: The Definite Dozen System for Succeeding at Whatever You Do”, Broadway

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• I don't need too much. Glamour and all that stuff don't excite me. I am just glad I have the game of basketball in my life.

  LeBron James

  Motivational, Nba, Games

  The InsideHoops Interview, www.insidehoops.com. June 14, 2003.

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• Scoring 100 points is a lot, but I maybe could have scored 140 if they had played straight-up basketball.

  Wilt Chamberlain

  Straight Up, Ifs

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• I never thought I'd lead the NBA in rebounding, but I got a lot of help from my team-mates - they did a lot of missing.

  Moses Malone

  Team, Nba, Missing

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• I told him, 'Son, what is it with you? Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'Coach, I don't know and I don't care.

  Frank Layden

  Inspirational, Funny, Sports

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• Shout praise and whisper criticism.

  Don Meyer

  Coaching, Criticism, Praise

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• At Boston University, I motivated negatively, and I found that although it can work at first, by the end of the year everyone is dying for the year to end and you have lost them. The last two years at BU, I motivated positively and got much better results.

  Rick Pitino

  Boston, Years, Two

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• The more your players have to think on the basketball court, the slower their feet get.

  Jerry Tarkanian

  Player, Thinking, Feet

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• All really successful coaches have a system.

  Jim Valvano

  Successful, Coaching, Inspirational Basketball

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• Morale and attitude are the fundamentals to success.

  Bud Wilkinson

  Attitude, Coaching, Fundamentals

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• I continually stress to my players that all I expect from them at practice and in the games is their maximum effort.

  John Wooden

  Stress, Player, Practice

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• Play the game with a smile.

  Earl Monroe

  Games, Play, Inspirational Basketball

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• Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Practice, Nba, Play

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